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1. Kraft headquarters moving from Northfield to Aon Center. 2. Motorola headquarters (Solutions and Mobility) moving from Schaumburg to Chicago. 3. Motorola Mobility installing 400 bike parking spots at the Merchandise Mart. If they anticipated their employees commuting from Elmhurst, they wouldn't need that much bike parking. 4. Chicago's population growth has lagged other major cities. But this decade, it has seen the greatest turnaround of the country's three largest cities. New York's and Los Angeles' growth rates surged post-2010, and they're still growing, but that rate peaked in 2011 and 2013, respectively, according to U.S. census data analyzed...

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Florida saw 636 layoffs in June this year, a sharp drop compared to 12 months ago, when 2,260 job cuts were registered, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Totals for the first half of the year were also down in Florida,...

Walgreens announced Monday it will cut 252 jobs in Orlando, about one quarter of the current workforce at its pharmacy fulfillment center for Florida. The cuts come as several other pharmacy centers have added local jobs.
A spokesman for the company said...

Smoke out at CVS
This week, all CVS pharmacies stopped selling cigarettes and other tobacco products. It was a brave, moral decision that may cost the company financially — but may gain it a lot of customer trust. Other drugstore chains ought to follow...

A nearby drugstore's surveillance cameras were recording when Windermere police Officer Robert German was gunned down during an encounter with two teenage runaways, according to newly released documents.However, despite the video, it remains unclear which...

Throughout Florida, some chronic pain patients have complained that it is difficult — if not impossible — to get prescriptions for oxycodone filled at their local pharmacies. Many of these patients are told the pharmacy is out of the painkiller. They...

Online advance ticket sales for the State Fair of Virginia will begin Aug. 3. The fair says fairgoers can save up to 38 percent on the price of tickets by purchasing them online in advance. Advance-price online sales will continue through Sept. 24. Online...

Walgreens Boots Alliance has named Stefano Pessina CEO, making permanent a role the veteran executive has filled since he helped create a drugstore behemoth that may not be done growing. The 73-year-old Monaco resident led European health and beauty...

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $1.3 billion. The Deerfield, Illinois-based company said it had profit of $1.18 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1.02 per share. The...

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The owner of Walgreens stores said Thursday it will close about 200 less-profitable U.S. stores.A spokesman said the stores will close during the next three years, with the last closing no later than the end of 2017. The list of stores slated to close was...

U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday, led by gains for energy companies as the price of oil stabilized following a big drop the day before. Oil rose as negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program hit a snag. That could mean Iranian oil will continue to...

Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain, said Thursday it will close about 200 stores nationwide as part of a cost-cutting plan announced in August.
The Deerfield, Ill.-based company said it also plans a corporate reorganization and...

With no specific plans for the site, but with a price apparently too good to pass up, the Evergreen Park Village Board on Monday voted to buy the former Walgreens property at 3541 W. 95th St.
The $1.65 million acquisition is being funded through...

Open letter to my neighborhood Walgreens:
The day that one of your clerks, cashiers or pharmacists hails me by name and inquires about my shopping needs is the day I become a customer of CVS.
It's not that I'm particularly furtive or easily embarrassed....

A telemedicine boom is coming in Florida, and David Marsidi is getting his young company, Ezdoctor.com, in position.After opening in 2013 as an online service for patients to find physicians and schedule appointments, the Fort Lauderdale company, now with...

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Walgreen CEO Greg Wasson will step down after the company completes its acquisition of European counterpart Alliance Boots, the company said Wednesday, a decision that didn't surprise company observers and investors.
Chairman James Skinner will become...